Workshop Report Network Research: Exploration of Dimensions and Scope August 25, 2003 Karlsruhe, Germany Karen R. Sollins Massachusetts Institute of Technology sollins@csail.mit.edu Introduction The Network Research: Exploration of Dimensions and Scope was intended to be a next step beyond the National Academy Press report Looking Over the Fence: A Neighbor s View of Network Research (National Academy Press, 2001). Further, it was organized in a context in which a number of the funding agencies in the United States were also funding their own workshops and reports intended to explore the future of networking research, as seen from the perspective of each of those agencies. Among these agencies are the DoD Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation. The intention of this workshop was to separate the discussion from a particular agency. It was also understood that this would be a one-day workshop, under the auspices of SIGCOMM on August 25, 2003, at Karlsruhe, Germany. This had two implications. First, clearly that was likely to have an influence on participation, although some effort was made to include participants who do not normally attend SIGCOMM and whose research fields are not typically central to
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